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Party
in the Park is the generic name
given to music concerts organised by
various radio stations and local
authorities in England and Wales,
typically in large parks during the
summer. Leeds Party in the Park
takes place on Temple Newsam Estate
by Leeds City Council and 96.3 Radio
Aire each year the day after Opera
in the Park.
Lineup includes:
Alexandra Burke
Alyssa Reid
Cover Drive
Little Mix
One Direction
Professor Green
Stooshe
Taio Cruz
Tulisa
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Temple
Newsam is a Tudor-Jacobean house
with grounds landscaped by
Capability Brown, in Leeds, West
Yorkshire, England. The estate lies
to the east of the city, just south
of Halton Moor, Halton, Whitkirk and
Colton. The house and estate are
owned by Leeds City Council and open
to the public. The estate is made up
of much woodland, (the second
largest part of the Forest of Leeds)
many areas of which join on to the
surrounding estates of Leeds. There
are facilities for sports including
football, golf, running, cycling,
horse-riding and orienteering. There
is also a park for children to go
and enjoy themselves in. Colton
Juniors Football Teams play on the
football pitches surrounding the
house.
The
house has recently undergone
substantial restoration to its
exterior. There is an established
programme of restoring rooms back to
known previous configurations,
reversing the numerous intrusive
installations and modifications that
took place during the building's
"art museum" phase. There are
substantial holdings of fine and
decorative art which are Designated
by the Department of Culture, Media
and Sport (DCMS) as being of
national significance. Temple Newsam
House is one of Leeds Museums and
Galleries sites, and has an
international reputation for
scholarship and research, unusual in
a local authority museum service.
Mark Fisher's (a former DCMS
minister) book "Britain's Best
Museums and Galleries" gives this
museum an excellent review. When
interviewed on Melvyn Bragg's Front
Row, Radio 4, November 2004 Mr.
Fisher placed Temple Newsam House in
the top three non-national museums
in the country, along with
Birmingham's Barber Institute and
the Dulwich Picture Gallery.
Party
in the Park and Opera in the Park
are annual free concerts organised
by Leeds City Council, which have
respectively accommodated 70,000 and
50,000 patrons. Both have been
held in July on the site since 1994.
They take place in the grassed area
which slopes down from the front of
the house.
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